Mr. Peng and Liu Bocheng, the two founding marshals, spent their lives together and made immortal contributions to the vigorous development of China's revolutionary cause. However, between the two people who are also outstanding revolutionaries of our Party, there is a misunderstanding that lasted for 42 years, and even has not been solved for life. This contradiction has made the two people in the long-term work together have been grumpy.
What happened, and why did this misunderstanding have anything to do with great men? Please follow the historian and go to see the past.
Liu Bocheng and Mr. Peng were both born at the end of the 19th century. One was born in Kai County, Sichuan, and the other was born in Xiangtan, Hunan. Until the beginning of the 20th century, democratic ideas spread in the country, and revolutionary struggles arose one after another. After the outbreak of the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, Liu Bocheng resolutely chose to join the army and devote himself to the revolutionary cause. After that, Liu Bocheng participated in several revolutions, including the War of Defending the French, the Nanchang Uprising, and other important struggles. In April 1927, Liu Bocheng was also appointed by the Nationalist government in Wuhan as the commander of the provisional 15th Army.
It was the first revolutionary of our Party to be appointed commander in the National Revolutionary Army. Mr. Peng's revolutionary experience is very similar to That of Liu Bocheng, and both of them are committed to revolution. The reason for the contradiction and misunderstanding between the two men was some incidents on the eve of our army's fourth anti-"encirclement and suppression."
In October 1932, in order to formulate an anti-"encirclement and suppression" strategy to deal with the Kuomintang, the Party Central Committee held a meeting in Ningdu. Some revolutionaries in the Party, at the meeting, disagreed with the policy of "luring the enemy deeper" as the great man had called. And rejected the great man's proposal to develop in the northeast of Gansu, and the great man still firmly believed in his ideas when he saw this.
Because the "guerrilla" tactics pursued by the great men have proved to be effective in previous battles, and they have not achieved nothing as they say. But in the face of repeated "criticism" and "right", the great man decided to temporarily retreat to the rear. The Prime Minister was then sent to temporarily take over the position of the great man.
This change already made General Manager Peng dissatisfied, and in addition, a group of people who did not support the policy of "luring the enemy to go deep" pushed Liu Bocheng, who had just returned from studying abroad at that time, to put him in the position of political commissar of the military school. As an "old" revolutionary, Liu Bocheng participated in many battles and was already highly qualified. Coupled with the support of others, he was successfully elected as the commander-in-chief of the war.
Liu Bocheng published an article after this, in which he elaborated on why "guerrillaism" does not apply to the analysis of the current situation of our army. And in order to show his attitude, Liu Bocheng first sided with the "foreign faction".
After discussion at the Ningdu Conference, the party finally determined a strategic measure to mainly resist the enemy's "encirclement and suppression" and then seize the central city. However, the results of the discussions at this Ningdu meeting not only caused difficulties for our side in terms of military command. It also directly became an important reason for our side's failure in the subsequent anti-"encirclement and suppression" campaign.
Liu Bocheng's actions at the Ningdu Conference made Mr. Peng's dissatisfaction reach its peak. Because the "guerrilla" doctrine put forward by the great men at that time did achieve many excellent results in practice. Now suddenly, an "airborne soldier" has come to completely negate the strategic principle originally pursued in The mind of President Peng, and also demands that the original idea be abandoned. The transformation into a tactic that does not know whether it is right or wrong naturally arouses the resentment in The heart of Mr. Peng.
With such a "preconceived" emotional color in it, Mr. Peng and Liu Bocheng will naturally not be "smooth sailing" in the subsequent work together.
At the end of January 1933, Chiang Kai-shek served as the commander-in-chief of the "Suppression of the Communists", intending to annihilate our main Red Army in one fell swoop. After the central Soviet district held a meeting, it decided to preemptively attack. When the Nationalist troops were still unpredictable, they attacked Nancheng and Nanfeng. On the night of 12 February, our troops fired gunfire outside Nanfeng City and launched an attack on the Kuomintang outlying garrisons. Chen Cheng, who was the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang Zhonglu Army, quickly ordered the dispatch of troops, intending to encircle our army under the city of Nanfeng.
General Manager Peng was furious when he saw such a combat arrangement of our army, because on the Kuomintang side, the troops stationed in Nanfeng City were far greater than our side. In addition, the mountains in Nanfeng are surrounded by rivers and cross the border from south to north, forming a natural barrier for Nanfeng City. The disparity in strength, coupled with the fact that the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is really an unwise choice to send troops here. In addition, Mr. Peng thought that this move was an instruction issued by Liu Bocheng, so he counted all the opinions on Liu Bocheng's head.
What Mr. Peng did not know was that Liu Bocheng also disapproved of this arrangement. Later, after the situation in Nanfeng was unfavorable to our side, Liu Bocheng also promptly adjusted the operational policy. However, there were some misunderstandings between the two, and after this incident, the misunderstanding between the two became more and more serious.
Until 1940, in order to destroy the Japanese army's communication front in North China, we launched a large-scale surprise attack on the night of August 20. But thanks to the continuous fighting for many days, our troops have been exhausted. And the Japanese army quickly sent troops to support after learning of our attack, and the two sides have been in a stalemate since then.
It was not until late October that the Japanese Okazaki Brigade sent troops to invade our arsenal in Huangyadong and quickly withdrew. Subsequently, under the command of General Peng, our army led a large army of men and horses to besiege the Japanese troops who intended to evacuate in the Guanjia'an area.
What Mr. Peng meant was that we had wiped out the Okazaki Brigade here. However, Liu Bocheng, the commander of the 129th Division, opposed it, because although the Japanese army was not numerically superior, its military equipment was relatively complete. In addition, guanjia'an was not conducive to our attack, and other japanese support troops had already rushed to Guanjia'an. If a siege is imposed at this time, the consequences will be unpredictable. Mr. Peng also knew about this, but he still thought so. If the Okazaki brigade was to be released and then encircled and suppressed, the degree of difficulty was relatively great, so the order was ordered to attack according to the original plan.
Late at night on October 29, Zuo Quan led our assault squad to take the lead. But what was not expected was that the Japanese army took the lead in opening up a row of caves on the Guanjia'an and building a large number of machine gun positions in the caves. When we attacked, we strayed into the japanese fire network, causing heavy casualties among our soldiers. After Liu Bocheng heard that the teacher was unfavorable, he immediately suggested to Mr. Peng. Stop the loss in time, transfer the troops out of the Seki family, and then find other areas and opportunities to encircle the Okazaki brigade.
Mr. Peng said to Liu Bocheng on the phone: "If you abandon the siege at this time, then the Okazaki brigade will immediately receive reinforcements after coming down the mountain." At that time, their strength has soared, and they will even turn back to attack us. Liu Bocheng repeatedly said that the terrain of Guanjia'an was not conducive to attack. Our side has already suffered heavy losses in the battle, and this battle must be suspended.
The two were deadlocked on the phone, and Mr. Peng said to Liu Bocheng in a huff: "If you can't take down guan jiayuan, revoke the number of your 129th Division." As the commander-in-chief of this campaign, Mr. Peng issued an order that Liu Bocheng could not disobey.
On October 31, 1940, the Battle of Guanjia'an ended with japanese reinforcements and thousands of casualties on our side. After this battle, although Mr. Peng also expressed remorse for the decision he had made, his relationship with Marshal Liu Bocheng became increasingly stiff. Because the two never sat down to talk in detail, there were more and more misunderstandings.
At the summary meeting held by the Party Central Committee later, Liu Bocheng sorted out and analyzed our side's various policy decisions in the Hundred Regiments War. It not only talks about some of its own problems, but also inevitably mentions Mr. Peng as the commander-in-chief. Marshal Liu Bocheng went abroad to study in his early years and learned western military ideas and theoretical foundations. There is a big difference in combat methods with Mr. Peng, who was "born and raised".
Although Liu Bocheng realized the advantages of guerrilla warfare, he greatly supported guerrilla warfare and made an analytical report. But in the end, neither of them resolved the misunderstanding.
Qingsi misspoken a word that damaged the righteous relatives, and knew that the barrier was to care for the old dust. Wuqin can play alpine songs, and the heart is envious of the good tone of the teeth. Misunderstandings in life are inevitable, but we must explain them in time so that we will not cause greater trouble to ourselves and others. What else do the officials think about the contributions they made in the revolution? Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below and let's discuss it together.